Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27397473›Full record

ArticleAnnals of cardiac anaesthesia

Perioperative challenges in management of a deaf and dumb patient posted for high-risk cardiac surgery.

Vivek Chowdhry, Manoranjan Padhi, B B Mohanty, Suvakanta Biswal

Abstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Annals of cardiac anaesthesia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Vivek ChowdhryDepartment of Cardiac Anesthesiology, CARE Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Manoranjan PadhiDepartment of Cardiac Anesthesiology, CARE Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
B B MohantyDepartment of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, CARE Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Suvakanta BiswalDepartment of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, CARE Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Perioperative management of deaf and dumb patients can be a challenging task. For smooth postoperative recovery, proper care should begin in the preoperative period. Understanding the patients' needs and training him to follow the instructions requires to involve a communication specialist. Judicious use of sedatives and analgesics is essential to keep the patient pain-free and comfortable. Postoperatively, the patient should be kept awake, enough to understand the internal need of the body and to make a meaningful response to external stimuli. Adequate preoperative planning and coordinated team efforts with involvement of specialists can help in delivering better postoperative care.

Indexed as

Cardiac Surgical ProceduresDeafnessHeart DiseasesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutismPerioperative CarePostoperative Pain

Identifiers

PMID27397473
PMCPMC4971997

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-SA
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.